Stanton Manor #traveldeals

Two minor issues; 1. Although our room 10, was very accommodating, it really needed a blind to the bathroom window. 2.At least one extra dinning room staff would help the service.

KenJul 04, 2018Lymington, United Kingdom

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Nice staff. Very spacious room and good views of a pleasant garden

DenisJul 01, 2018Faringdon, United Kingdom

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Great food, friendly staff, lovely room

SusanJun 25, 2018Faringdon, United Kingdom

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Excellent Food

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Very friendly and efficient staff. Great food. Allocated ground floor room with access to the grounds as we were accompanied by our dog. Great paddock for excercising the dog. Very dog friendly and accommodating at meals times as was able to dine with the dog in the bar area. No restricted areas for the dog other than the restaurant. Great home made granola.

SusanJun 25, 2018Wallton on Thames, United Kingdom

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This is a very friendly hotel with lovely staff. The room was perfectly fine and the food extremely good. We found it to be an ideal spot for a short break.

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Very handy for Westonbirt Arboretum, Chippenham, Laycock Abbey and Avebury.

KeithJun 25, 2018Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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Gardens and outside soace

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Room was tired. Dining was ok but dining room was a walk through to the bar and Gardens!

ChristopherJun 24, 2018Dorset, United Kingdom

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The room that was provided for us with our dog.

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The reception area when we arrived was not to the expected standard with 2 young ladies sitting behind the reception desk and not being very welcoming on our arrival. It took a few minutes for either one of them to acknowledge our arrival. They were more intent on talking to each and one of these receptionist did nothing at all behind the desk, leaving the other to deal with our arrival, eventually.

PeterJun 23, 2018Waterlooville, United Kingdom

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The food was delicious

VickyJun 22, 2018Swanage, United Kingdom

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Quietness lovely large ground floor room looking out to a lovely garden

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Good value

dianaJun 20, 2018Ashtead, United Kingdom

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Staff,food,gardens

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The room location. We were supposed to have a room overlooking the garden, but it was overlooking the car park. It was in a noisy position as it was directly above the receptionist.
The staff,food and gardens were all excellent. The room and bathroom were not very good. We left notes with the receptionist about our concerns.

DouglasJun 20, 2018Exmouth, United Kingdom

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Location

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Our bedroom was a good size. Amenities were good although the decor was tired and somewhat shabby.

Great potential, although still a lot to be done to make it top class.

JanetJun 13, 2018Newport, United Kingdom

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Good food, very friendly & helpful staff

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More of the friendly & helpful staff…..would make the hotel run much smoother.

LisaJun 11, 2018Southampton, United Kingdom

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the room was very large and comfortable the staff were very helpful.

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the gardens were beautiful . Sadly there is a constant drone of traffic noise in the garden from the motorway which is extremly close.

NormanJun 11, 2018Camborne, United Kingdom

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The 5 course tasting menu was exceptional.

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My confirmation from Travelzoo said “A Superior Room with garden view”. However, the room was very dark as there was only one window, with a large tree outside and it overlooked the carpark, not the garden 🙁

Feel they are cutting corners ,very thin toilet paper ,no real fresh fruit at breakfast no yogurt on 2nd day . Inadequate very small portions on tasting meal ,suspect sweet was shop bought ! not enough staff Eg felt the one waitress very good but overworked .

JohnJun 09, 2018Swanmore, United Kingdom

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The food was really good

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The food was really good although we did have to wait 30 mins for our cooked breakfast to arrive when the restaurant wasn’t particularly busy. I heard one customer say to the waitress when his breakfast finally arrived that he thought the chef had gone on strike. Ive done quite a lot of these TravelZoo stays now and in comparison to other hotels that I have stayed at the staff were not as attentive or friendly as I have experienced else where.

KevinJun 07, 2018Bridgwater, United Kingdom

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Good location, pleasant food

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The new owners only acquired the hotel a few months ago and so it is a work in progress. All of the staff do their best, but you can’t help but feel there is a certain lack of leadership and the finishing touches are often missing. We had room 3, on the first floor. It’s a spacious and characterful room, a tad tired, but you can see that the owners are making improvements which is the case throughout the hotel. Neal’s Yard toiletries and lashings of hot water abound. Welcome was good at reception and the place is one where you can feel very relaxed doing your own thing whether in the garden or lounge. Clearing tables seems to be something where training is needed, both outside and in. We enjoyed the five course tasting menu and chose our wines from a short but interesting list that was well priced. Food quality was good throughout the meal and the time between courses just right. We were offered pauses during the meal. A very chilled sleep was followed by breakfast, which was ample and of decent quality with a good selection. We would return.

DonaldJun 04, 2018Reading, United Kingdom

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The bedroom and garden were both lovely.

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There weren’t enough trained staff on duty at dinner time though the food was good. Not enough staff on at breakfast time as it was too much for 1person to do even with the help of the receptionist.

AnneJun 04, 2018Reading, United Kingdom

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Great value high quality meal

JanetJun 02, 2018Cwmbran, United Kingdom

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This is a beautiful hotel which has maintained a lot of its old original charm. We ate at the hotel both nights, having the taster menu the first night which was excellent. The staff were really helpful and friendly and do a great job. The grounds of the hotel a re lovely as well.

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We stayed in room 2 (Hanley) which had a wonderful four poster bed and beautiful garden views.

DavidJun 02, 2018Elstead, United Kingdom

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Food and gardens.

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Disliked reserving a table for dinner then finding no table available at the appointed time. Haphazard (but friendly) front of house service for dinner. Food excellent.

MartyJun 01, 2018Tadley, United Kingdom

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The food was great we had the 5 course tasting menu, breakfast was lovely

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Great position, better choice of beer would have been better as this is the only place to drink in the village

ronMay 30, 2018Wickford, United Kingdom

kenMay 30, 2018Altricham, United Kingdom

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Exceptional value & well worth a visit. Quality food & service.

JacquelineMay 13, 2018Braunton, United Kingdom

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5 course tasting menu was V good as was the excellent breakfast. Good quality ingredients.

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Lovely gardens to relax in the sunshine but felt they could do with a lottle attention. Would have been nice to have better quality glasses to enjoy gin and tonic a half pint tumbler not quite the same! Jjust little things to enhance the stay.

LyndaMay 29, 2018Taunton, United Kingdom

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Food

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Bad WI-FI in room 14

RobertMay 27, 2018Poole, United Kingdom

Enjoyed Most

The building itself.

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Bed rather uncomfortable, meals fine but service not particularly professional.

ChristineMay 27, 2018Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Food was excellent staff very friendly and helpful.

SallyMay 25, 2018Brent Knoll, United Kingdom

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The tasting menu was delicious and the service was excellent. However, the service at breakfast on both days was appalling although, again, the cooked food was good. Tables were cleared item by item and not wiped before being relaid. Butter, juice, bread and jam were not replenished on any organised regular basis and consequently the waitresses were constantly being requested the same items. Training is desperately needed!!

VeronicaMay 25, 2018Sawbridgeworth, United Kingdom

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Spending leisure time with good friends

MaryMay 22, 2018Bisley, United Kingdom

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Great position for exploring the area. The taster menu was good but found the following evenings meal poor value for money and very average quality – so a bit disappointed.

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Disappointed with the lack of fresh fruit at breakfast and had to wait a good while to be served.

MOIRAMay 20, 2018Worcester Park, United Kingdom

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Size and position of room.

ChristineMay 20, 2018Truro, United Kingdom

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The food and service were good

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The refurbishment is not yet complete and the room we had was somewhat tired, the windows would not open and the extractor fan in the bathroom did not work.

BrianMay 19, 2018Windlesham, United Kingdom

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The location,the delightfulfriendly,helpful staff,the room,very comfortable
and very clean

Friendly helpful staff. “Taster Menu” – part of the package booked through Travel Zoo was fine though not over filling.

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Our room (Superior Suite) was very tired and rather shabby. Cracked tiles and missing/stained grouting in the bathroom and ‘touched up’ wallpaper. Very dirty window frames with broken catches etc. Big bed, clean sheets and plenty of coffee though!

DavidMay 18, 2018Burnley, United Kingdom

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Ethical business plans

RobertMay 18, 2018Bordon, United Kingdom

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The food was excellent and the gardens were superb

KeithMay 18, 2018Ingatestone, United Kingdom

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General location and building good

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Lack of management. Run by untrained staff who could not cope with the amount of customers. Travelzoo customers not treated with same benefits.

ChrisMay 17, 2018Woking, United Kingdom

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Dinner; the quality of the food was great

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The service at breakfast time was very poor

MonicaMay 15, 2018Bishop’s Stortford, United Kingdom

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lovely big room opening directly onto beautiful grounds.

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Very dog friendly, welcome dog biscuits were in our room.

elizabethMay 14, 2018Ware, United Kingdom

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The Travelzoo deal we purchased stayed we would be in a first floor room. Unfortunately we were on the ground floor that had been used for dogs. We had a dog treat in the bathroom and the carpet was smelly. Maybe this would not have been the case if we had been booked into the room we purchased. Not ideal if we had an allergy to pet hair! Service and food was great on the first night and breakfast the following morning but the following day the breakfast was over half an hour coming out to us which impacted on our plans.

SueMay 14, 2018Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

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The grounds and food

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There was no Malbec on the first night and then again on the second night. There was also no black pudding for breakfast on either morning to which I as a little bit surprised as it is no problem to go down the shops to get some

SusanMay 13, 2018Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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Our room and the gardens

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A overhaul of the gardens and a little money spent on internal decorating would lift this venue immensely. Still a loverly experience and good value for money. Food excellent.

DeniseMay 12, 2018stourbridge, United Kingdom

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The restaurant lacked atmosphere; all the guests whispered during dinner and breakfast. After dinner the bar area was deserted. Not sure the breakfast service worked – making our own toast in the bar area meant the cooked breakfast was cold by the time we’d sorted out some toast!

JillMay 12, 2018Old Windsor, United Kingdom

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Good location and pleasant grounds. Staff were helpful and friendly.

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Bed was uncomfortable, the sheet was straight onto the mattress. One of the double glazing units in the patio door had blown. Service at breakfast was chaotic and poor buffet selection.

GarryMay 11, 2018Bedford, United Kingdom

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Quiet location beautiful gardens

KimMay 11, 2018Bristol, United Kingdom

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Beautiful gardens. Large comfortable room. Friendly staff.

SusanMay 09, 2018Rayleigh, United Kingdom

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Room ( we were upgraded to a delux room as the superior room allocated to us overlooked the bins & not the gardens as stated )

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Although we could not fault the food there was very little of it & not worth the value stated by Travel zoo .

PaulineMay 08, 2018Saint Neots, United Kingdom

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Nice big room and bathroom, delicious taster meal included in price.

RosemaryMay 06, 2018Warwick, United Kingdom

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The gardens were superb, the staff couldn’t do enough for us and the room was lovely.

JoyceMay 05, 2018Bracknell, United Kingdom

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Comfortable place to be.

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Not too much to complain about other than very tired in places which can be understandable especially as it’s recently been bought out. Food in restaurant I thought was good and imaginative. I know it’s a taster menu but it could be bulked out a wee bit minute helpings not really for a person with a good appetite. The two nights we stayed and had dinner the plates were cold not even Luke warm. Small little things but standard procedure I’n most establishments. It didn’t impact on our stay but we did hear from other guests noticing the same situ. Regards Harry Doran.

LindaMay 05, 2018Middleton-on-Sea, United Kingdom

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The setting. The evening meal was exceptional!

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We were a bit disappointed with breakfast. The continental, was non existent, a very poor offering

steveMay 04, 2018Ilkley, United Kingdom

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Just looks like an old Manor House not a conventional hotel.

CliveMay 04, 2018BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom

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Quality of the Food and modern, comfortable bedroom plus location/atmosphere

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It was very cold downstairs, particularly the Dining Room

JeanMay 03, 2018Tadworth, United Kingdom

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The food and service, lovely gardens.

JohnMay 02, 2018Wrexham, United Kingdom

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Food and location.

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Restricted times for dinner as we had booked through TravelZoo.! The room did not have a garden view as per booking as there was no guarantee if you booked through TravelZoo !! This needs to be resolved between TravelZoo and the hotel.

TERRYMay 02, 2018Penarth, United Kingdom

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Very disorganised – no ambience in the hotel . Room looked out onto bins etc.at the back of the hotel! Food excellent but need more professional staff on duty in the restaurant and on reception. Wouldn’t visit again!!

JaneMay 01, 2018Cheltenham, United Kingdom

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Five course tasting menu

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Bathroom was not ready to be let out! Holes in the cover by the toilet and towel rail coming off the wall.

RichardApr 30, 2018Malvern, United Kingdom

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Food was good – tasting menu fine. Grounds of hotel are impressive.

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Room allocated was not as advertised – no garden view, no king size bed. Bathroom had no electric shave point, no shaving mirror, no grab handles on bath
Water in hot tap was scalding , dangerously over-heated. Used tea cups left in lounge. Bar very uninviting. Place appears to lack tlc.

Staff helping themselves to food and drink behind the bar in front of paying guests.
Business meetings happening in the lounge so we couldn’t use the facilities advertised.
Stale cake
Waiter sniffed the whole time we were in the restaurant
Loud noise from M4 motorway
Room very small (not superior as advertised) and overlooking storage sheds
Mould in bathroom
Very disappointing breakfast
Had been 20 years ago and so disappointed at how the place has deteriorated.

NoreenApr 26, 2018Corsham, United Kingdom

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Lovely location excellent value for money deal. Food was superb.

JohnApr 24, 2018Liskeard, United Kingdom

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THE LARGE BEDROOM

DIANEApr 24, 2018Bridgwater, United Kingdom

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Food great. Allowed pet dog in bar

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Allocated rooms for people with dogs. Excellent.

sharonApr 24, 2018Royston, United Kingdom

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Had an afternoon drink in the lovely garden which is beautiful.

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The booking with travel zoo was superior room with garden view. When shown to room by manager discovered room over looking car park, field and M4. When asked was told that garden was all around and no other room other than a down grade. Have a picture from room to show and then you would understand why disappointed. The garden at the hotel was indeed beautiful. Later at dinner manager did kindly pay for our wine with our meal. However did say that Stanton manor does not have superior rooms over looking garden. Would like to know what is correct, travel zoo or Stanton manor. Breakfast was a little disappointing, had to keep asking for items, continental breakfast in other room on the bar and ran out of bread for toast. I have always been very happy with travel zoo’s offers but this was rather jaded.

WendyApr 23, 2018Yeovil, United Kingdom

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Room was superb with lovely view food excellent

DaviApr 23, 2018Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

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The restaurant (lovely food) and the room (large and very nicely decorated).

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A really lovely hotel, with the only major downside being the noise from the nearby M4.

GinaApr 23, 2018Bristol, United Kingdom

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Very spacious room and excellent dinner

TimApr 22, 2018petersfield, United Kingdom

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Lovely historic manor with beautiful gardens. Enjoyed a relaxing 2 night stay on two of the warmest days of the year.

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Our superior bedroom was recently refurbished to a high standard. Good sized bedroom and bathroom. Very comfortable bed and furniture was good quality. Good sized cupboard and plenty of drawers and areas to store clothes/bags. Given homemade flapjacks on arrival and in room. Ate in the newly refurbished restaurant for two evening meals. Food was excellent. Breakfast was also very good. Staff very friendly and helpful.

MalcolmApr 22, 2018Ivybridge, United Kingdom

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Food very good

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We had to have a different room. Which did not have a garden view.

JackyApr 22, 2018Southampton, United Kingdom

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Sadly negatives outway any positives.

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Proximity to motorway & the constant noise.
Lack of atmosphere, no crisps in the bar.
No dog poo bins even though dog friendly. Therefore poo in the grounds.

ChristineApr 19, 2018Hinton Saint George, United Kingdom

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Comfort

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Service is rushed at both breakfast & dinner- 5 courses in 50mins and bar closing and moping by 9pm

Staff were very busy although didn’t think dining room was busy. Barman whilst being pleasant needs to concentrate a little more on the job in hand. Overall though enjoyed our stay and would stay again.

WilliamApr 17, 2018Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Great value

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Thanks

rachelApr 16, 2018Caerphilly, United Kingdom

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The food was very good and the room was good but a little tired the bed was very good and we enjoyed it

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We were over charged on our bill but I have Emailed them so when they reply we should be able to sort it out. We were in room 4 on the landing over reception and it was a little noisy at times also the reception door closer was broken so the door slammed all the time day and late into the night !! We asked them to put a sign on it but nothing was done !!

GordonApr 16, 2018L’Escala, Spain

Enjoyed Most

Breakfast

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They couldn’t cope with the people using the travelzoo voucher and didn’t have enough staff.

DENHAMApr 15, 2018Watford, United Kingdom

Enjoyed Most

General appearance and fittings/ furnishings.

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Shame there was no beer in the bar on tap or bottle.

MalcolmApr 15, 2018CarmarthenCarmarthen, United Kingdom

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The staff were very friendly.

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Unfortunately our room was next to the water tank and was really noisy. So we had a really bad night’s sleep. The toilet didn’t work properly either.
We ordered the wine flight with our taster menu but the glasses of wine (apart from dessert) didn’t come out on time with the courses. So we’d pretty much finished courses before getting the wine.
The hotel have given me £10 discount off the bill and the Manager is further contacting me on Tuesday so I hope to get more compensation.

RebeccaApr 15, 2018Taunton, United Kingdom

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The food, excellent chef.

RichardApr 14, 2018Yeovil, United Kingdom

Enjoyed Most

Room and grounds were lovely

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Staff need to be a bit more professional they also need beer in the bar. We felt rushed through our tasting menu and the lovely food wasn’t explained in service which was a shame. Staff were rushing to go homexx

VickiApr 14, 2018Gillingham, United Kingdom

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Dog friendly and great garden for dog

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Food disappointing and staff did not know a lot

sandraApr 12, 2018Exeter, United Kingdom

Enjoyed Most

The helpful staff

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An option of some fruit at breakfast

AndrewApr 12, 2018Bath, United Kingdom

ClaireApr 11, 2018Exeter, United Kingdom

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The staff were very attentive. We had the taster menu ,although it was small it was very tasty. We stayed in the 4 poster bedroom ,lots of character however it does need a little decoration, cracks mending etc. The bed was comfortable and the linen was top quality.

DougApr 09, 2018Arundel, United Kingdom

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Food was fantastic

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Helpful staff

RobertApr 09, 2018Bristol, United Kingdom

Enjoyed Most

The tasting menu,and bar area together with the general bohemian feel to the Manor House.Plenty of parking space.

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Several service issues were apparent even though we liked our stay overall.On arrival our room wasn’t ready which happens,but receptionist didn’t know until she opened the door,with us behind her and she seemed a little unsure of what to say.Our room was described as ‘superior’ but it had an odd collection of types of furniture.The bathroom was very patched up with a bath panel about to crumble away.
In the bar they had no real ale left(Sat evening)making no other recommendation.After dinner we sat in the lounge whilst a staff member went on ‘a milk hunt’for 10 mins,announcing she had had to search very hard!Think it was long life.
Next morning we paid the bill which clearly was mixed up with someone else’s as our 2 glasses of wine and a lager came to£35.Fortunately my husband was on the ball.
So,loved the place and what it could/will be but staff training may be a priority.
We love casualness in a hotel but this seems not quite sorted yet.

sueApr 09, 2018Saltash, United Kingdom

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Amazing value for money, beautiful building, friendly and attentive staff. Room and ensuite huge and such a relaxing break. Have never stayed in such a quiet and peaceful hotel : )

TraceyApr 08, 2018Lechlade, United Kingdom

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Meal, impressive history and location

MaryApr 07, 2018Cardiff, United Kingdom

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easy access off motorway,good food

sherrillApr 07, 2018Pontypridd, United Kingdom

Enjoyed Most

The taster menu

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Little details to consider like a sideplate on the breakfast table–how else do you eat your toast. Also, housekeeping to ensure correct amount of towels (only enough for 1 in our room) also not enough teabags. Minor details but can be annoying